Exclusive: New York Times bestselling writer and award-winning comic creator Brian K. Vaughan has signed with UTA for representation.
A giant in the world of comic books, who has won 14 Eisner Awards and the Hugo Award for Best Graphic Story, Vaughan is co-creator of numerous critically acclaimed comics that have been turned into series, including Paper Girls, Y: the Last Man, and Runaways.
His sci-fi mystery title Paper Girls, co-created with Cliff Chiang and published by Image Comics, was adapted for Prime Video by Stephany Folsom in 2022. Prior to that, Vaughan saw his post-apocalyptic series Y: The Last Man, co-created with Pia Guerra and published by Vertigo, turned into a series for FX. Eliza Clark developed the show, with Diane Lane, Ashley Romans, Ben Schnetzer, Olivia Thirlby, and Amber Tamblyn leading its cast.
Vaughan’s Marvel comic book series Runaways, co-created with Adrian Alphona, was developed by Josh Schwartz and...
A giant in the world of comic books, who has won 14 Eisner Awards and the Hugo Award for Best Graphic Story, Vaughan is co-creator of numerous critically acclaimed comics that have been turned into series, including Paper Girls, Y: the Last Man, and Runaways.
His sci-fi mystery title Paper Girls, co-created with Cliff Chiang and published by Image Comics, was adapted for Prime Video by Stephany Folsom in 2022. Prior to that, Vaughan saw his post-apocalyptic series Y: The Last Man, co-created with Pia Guerra and published by Vertigo, turned into a series for FX. Eliza Clark developed the show, with Diane Lane, Ashley Romans, Ben Schnetzer, Olivia Thirlby, and Amber Tamblyn leading its cast.
Vaughan’s Marvel comic book series Runaways, co-created with Adrian Alphona, was developed by Josh Schwartz and...
- 3/7/2024
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Gaumont UK Lands Latest Channel 5 Thriller
Locked In producer Gaumont UK is making The Wives for Paramount UK network Channel 5, a six-part mystery drama about the unravelling of a family. The Wives follows four sisters-in-law and their families who escape to their Maltese holiday apartments, as they’ve done every summer for 15 years, but things go awry. Cast will be revealed shortly and show is filming in Malta early next year, airing later in 2024. Gaumont UK is producing in association with Banijay Rights, which is selling around the world. Run by Alison Jackson, Gaumont UK has already produced For Her Sins for Channel 5 along with Netflix double Locked In and Obsession. “The Wives is set to bring layers of mystery and intrigue which is guaranteed to keep the Channel 5 audience guessing,” said Sebastian Cardwell, Deputy Chief Content Officer for Paramount UK.
Juno Dawson Developing Eliza Clark Adaptation
Juno Dawson...
Locked In producer Gaumont UK is making The Wives for Paramount UK network Channel 5, a six-part mystery drama about the unravelling of a family. The Wives follows four sisters-in-law and their families who escape to their Maltese holiday apartments, as they’ve done every summer for 15 years, but things go awry. Cast will be revealed shortly and show is filming in Malta early next year, airing later in 2024. Gaumont UK is producing in association with Banijay Rights, which is selling around the world. Run by Alison Jackson, Gaumont UK has already produced For Her Sins for Channel 5 along with Netflix double Locked In and Obsession. “The Wives is set to bring layers of mystery and intrigue which is guaranteed to keep the Channel 5 audience guessing,” said Sebastian Cardwell, Deputy Chief Content Officer for Paramount UK.
Juno Dawson Developing Eliza Clark Adaptation
Juno Dawson...
- 11/27/2023
- by Max Goldbart and Jesse Whittock
- Deadline Film + TV
Well, this is just depressing. It was reported last week that Disney would start removing content from their streaming services, and the first casualties have been revealed. The dozens of TV shows and specials from Disney+ and Hulu that will be removed on May 26th include Willow, Big Shot, Y: The Last Man, and many more. Considering that Willow premiered on Disney+ less than a year ago… it hurts.
Related Willow: Jon Kasdan wouldn’t say the series has been cancelled, it’s just on hiatus
Here is a list of a few of the titles that are being removed:
The Mysterious Benedict Society [Disney+] Big Shot [Disney+] Turner & Hooch [Disney+] Willow [Disney+] The Making Of Willow [Disney+] Just Beyond [Disney+] The World According To Jeff Goldblum [Disney+] Pistol [Hulu] Dollface [Hulu] The Quest [Hulu] The Hot Zone [Hulu] Y: The Last Man [Hulu] Maggie [Hulu] Little Demon [Hulu] The Premise [Hulu] Love In The Time Of Corona [Hulu] Everything’s Trash [Hulu] Best In Snow...
Related Willow: Jon Kasdan wouldn’t say the series has been cancelled, it’s just on hiatus
Here is a list of a few of the titles that are being removed:
The Mysterious Benedict Society [Disney+] Big Shot [Disney+] Turner & Hooch [Disney+] Willow [Disney+] The Making Of Willow [Disney+] Just Beyond [Disney+] The World According To Jeff Goldblum [Disney+] Pistol [Hulu] Dollface [Hulu] The Quest [Hulu] The Hot Zone [Hulu] Y: The Last Man [Hulu] Maggie [Hulu] Little Demon [Hulu] The Premise [Hulu] Love In The Time Of Corona [Hulu] Everything’s Trash [Hulu] Best In Snow...
- 5/18/2023
- by Kevin Fraser
- JoBlo.com
As expected, Disney is following Warner Bros. Discovery and removing under-performing titles from its streaming services in a bid to write off nearly $2 billion from its bottom line.
Scripted titles set to be removed from Hulu and Disney+ include FX’s Y: The Last Man, Pistol, Little Demon, Hulu-turned-Disney+ series Mysterious Benedict Society, Disney+’s Big Shot, The Mighty Ducks, Turner & Hooch, Willow and ABC-turned-Hulu comedy Maggie, as well as National Geographic’s The World According to Jeff Goldblum. In all, there are more than 30 shows that will be removed starting next week from the platforms in this first round of reductions. The titles, many of which are listed below, will vanish starting May 26. Sources say the programming could be made available elsewhere, like digital sell-through platforms, etc.
Disney CFO Christine McCarthy revealed last week on Disney’s earnings call that the company would be reviewing the TV series...
Scripted titles set to be removed from Hulu and Disney+ include FX’s Y: The Last Man, Pistol, Little Demon, Hulu-turned-Disney+ series Mysterious Benedict Society, Disney+’s Big Shot, The Mighty Ducks, Turner & Hooch, Willow and ABC-turned-Hulu comedy Maggie, as well as National Geographic’s The World According to Jeff Goldblum. In all, there are more than 30 shows that will be removed starting next week from the platforms in this first round of reductions. The titles, many of which are listed below, will vanish starting May 26. Sources say the programming could be made available elsewhere, like digital sell-through platforms, etc.
Disney CFO Christine McCarthy revealed last week on Disney’s earnings call that the company would be reviewing the TV series...
- 5/18/2023
- by Lesley Goldberg
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Welcome to the 212th episode of TV’s Top 5, The Hollywood Reporter’s TV podcast.
Every week, hosts Lesley Goldberg (West Coast TV editor) and Daniel Fienberg (chief TV critic) break down the latest TV news with context from the business and critical sides, welcome showrunners, executives and other guests, and provide a critical guide of what to watch (or skip, as the case may be).
Here’s how the episode plays out:
1. Headlines
911 and 911: Lone Star, FBoy Island, Dancing With the Stars, Sweet Tooth, Monster, The Morning Show, Sydney (and Kyle) Chandler, The Diplomat and Fernando Valenzuela lead the week’s non-strike TV headlines.
2. WGA on Strike
It’s official, the Writers Guild is officially on strike for the first time in 15 years. The last strike, in 2007-08, lasted 100 days and focused on “The Internet” when streaming was in its infancy and Netflix was still a DVD by mail company.
Every week, hosts Lesley Goldberg (West Coast TV editor) and Daniel Fienberg (chief TV critic) break down the latest TV news with context from the business and critical sides, welcome showrunners, executives and other guests, and provide a critical guide of what to watch (or skip, as the case may be).
Here’s how the episode plays out:
1. Headlines
911 and 911: Lone Star, FBoy Island, Dancing With the Stars, Sweet Tooth, Monster, The Morning Show, Sydney (and Kyle) Chandler, The Diplomat and Fernando Valenzuela lead the week’s non-strike TV headlines.
2. WGA on Strike
It’s official, the Writers Guild is officially on strike for the first time in 15 years. The last strike, in 2007-08, lasted 100 days and focused on “The Internet” when streaming was in its infancy and Netflix was still a DVD by mail company.
- 5/5/2023
- by Lesley Goldberg
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Exclusive: Aditya Sood has been promoted to President of Lord Miller — the production company of Academy Award-winning filmmakers Phil Lord and Chris Miller (Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse) — with Dan Shear joining as EVP and head of Television.
These strategic moves are described as a natural evolution for Lord Miller, which has continued to expand in both film and television over the past several years — recently seeing Universal release their Elizabeth Banks-directed comedy Cocaine Bear, with four other projects coming up for release this year.
Regarded as having a strong eye for standout original material, Sood has been with Lord Miller as President of Film since 2019, and will now expand his oversight to include all aspects of the company including television, adding to his existing responsibilities for overseeing their film efforts.
Shear comes to Lord Miller from Peacock, where he served as EVP of Comedy Development, and will now be...
These strategic moves are described as a natural evolution for Lord Miller, which has continued to expand in both film and television over the past several years — recently seeing Universal release their Elizabeth Banks-directed comedy Cocaine Bear, with four other projects coming up for release this year.
Regarded as having a strong eye for standout original material, Sood has been with Lord Miller as President of Film since 2019, and will now expand his oversight to include all aspects of the company including television, adding to his existing responsibilities for overseeing their film efforts.
Shear comes to Lord Miller from Peacock, where he served as EVP of Comedy Development, and will now be...
- 3/22/2023
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
John Landgraf, the chairman of FX, says he canceled “Y: The Last Man” after just one season because “its audience decline was really, really, really steep.”
“One of the key things we assess — and we have assessed for as long as we’ve been doing this — is the trajectory of a television show across a season from its first to its last episode,” Landgraf said of the one-and-done FX on Hulu series.
“I really loved ‘Y: The Last Man’ personally…but I will tell you that its audience decline was really, really, really steep,” he added. “And ultimately that’s what made us go that direction.”
TheWrap reached out to FX to request a look at those audience declines, but we did not immediately hear back. The show only streamed on Hulu, which makes viewership numbers harder to come by.
“Y” had been in development for years and years before...
“One of the key things we assess — and we have assessed for as long as we’ve been doing this — is the trajectory of a television show across a season from its first to its last episode,” Landgraf said of the one-and-done FX on Hulu series.
“I really loved ‘Y: The Last Man’ personally…but I will tell you that its audience decline was really, really, really steep,” he added. “And ultimately that’s what made us go that direction.”
TheWrap reached out to FX to request a look at those audience declines, but we did not immediately hear back. The show only streamed on Hulu, which makes viewership numbers harder to come by.
“Y” had been in development for years and years before...
- 2/17/2022
- by Tony Maglio
- The Wrap
After a long journey to the screen that included showrunner and casting changes and a pandemic-related delay, FX’s Y: The Last Man only lasted one season. It was canceled while Season 1 was still airing, a couple of weeks before the Nov. 1 finale on Hulu.
The decision came down to viewership retention for the comic book adaptation from writer, executive producer and showrunner Eliza Cohen, FX Chairman John Landgraf said during the network’s portion of TCA.
“I really loved Y: Last Man personally, I really admired all the work that went into it, I really think Eliza Clark did a great job,” Landgraf said. “But I will tell you, its audience decline was really, really, really steep and ultimately that is what made us go in that direction.”
Landgraf elaborated...
The decision came down to viewership retention for the comic book adaptation from writer, executive producer and showrunner Eliza Cohen, FX Chairman John Landgraf said during the network’s portion of TCA.
“I really loved Y: Last Man personally, I really admired all the work that went into it, I really think Eliza Clark did a great job,” Landgraf said. “But I will tell you, its audience decline was really, really, really steep and ultimately that is what made us go in that direction.”
Landgraf elaborated...
- 2/17/2022
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
The book is closing on Y: The Last Man for good.
Executive producer Eliza Clark took to social media recently to reveal that hopes of a pickup at a new outlet had been dashed.
“We tried really hard to get another platform to pick up Season 2 of Y. But sadly, it doesn’t look like it’s going to happen,” she wrote.
“It is always incredibly difficult to move a show, and in recent years, it has only gotten harder.
"So many of you have been so supportive of the show, and I am so grateful to you,” she continued.
“I love the group of artists who made Y truly, madly, deeply. It was the best creative work environment I’ve ever been a part of."
"I am immensely proud of the work that we did… I hope you will still watch the show. That you’ll still tell your friends to watch it.
Executive producer Eliza Clark took to social media recently to reveal that hopes of a pickup at a new outlet had been dashed.
“We tried really hard to get another platform to pick up Season 2 of Y. But sadly, it doesn’t look like it’s going to happen,” she wrote.
“It is always incredibly difficult to move a show, and in recent years, it has only gotten harder.
"So many of you have been so supportive of the show, and I am so grateful to you,” she continued.
“I love the group of artists who made Y truly, madly, deeply. It was the best creative work environment I’ve ever been a part of."
"I am immensely proud of the work that we did… I hope you will still watch the show. That you’ll still tell your friends to watch it.
- 1/17/2022
- by Paul Dailly
- TVfanatic
Although its creatives had high hopes of finding a new home for their comic-book adaptation series, Y: The Last Man‘s TV journey has officially come to an end… again.
Executive producer/showrunner Eliza Clark recently took to Twitter to give fans the unfortunate news. “We tried really hard to get another platform to pick up Season 2 of Y. But sadly, it doesn’t look like it’s going to happen,” she wrote. “It is always incredibly difficult to move a show, and in recent years, it has only gotten harder.
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Executive producer/showrunner Eliza Clark recently took to Twitter to give fans the unfortunate news. “We tried really hard to get another platform to pick up Season 2 of Y. But sadly, it doesn’t look like it’s going to happen,” she wrote. “It is always incredibly difficult to move a show, and in recent years, it has only gotten harder.
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- 1/16/2022
- by Nick Caruso
- TVLine.com
For fans of Y: The Last Man, it’s truly the end of their world. Showrunner/EP Eliza Clark has posted that the dystopian drama hasn’t been able to find new distribution.
“For those of you who have been asking me: we tried really hard to get another platform to pick up season 2 of Y,” Clark wrote on Twitter. “But sadly, it doesn’t look like it’s going to happen. It is always incredibly difficult to move a show, and in recent years, it has only gotten harder.”
Y: The Last Man is a post-apocalyptic drama developed by Clark based on the comic book series of the same name by Brian K. Vaughan and Pia Guerra. In the series, a cataclysmic event decimates everyone but one cisgender male, Yorick Brown (Ben Schnetzer), and his pet monkey. The series follows the survivors in this new world as they struggle...
“For those of you who have been asking me: we tried really hard to get another platform to pick up season 2 of Y,” Clark wrote on Twitter. “But sadly, it doesn’t look like it’s going to happen. It is always incredibly difficult to move a show, and in recent years, it has only gotten harder.”
Y: The Last Man is a post-apocalyptic drama developed by Clark based on the comic book series of the same name by Brian K. Vaughan and Pia Guerra. In the series, a cataclysmic event decimates everyone but one cisgender male, Yorick Brown (Ben Schnetzer), and his pet monkey. The series follows the survivors in this new world as they struggle...
- 1/16/2022
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
Since 2015, FX has been trying to get a television series adaptation of Brian K. Vaughan and Pia Guerra's comic book series "Y: The Last Man" off the ground, and last year they finally made it happen. Unfortunately, after just one season, FX canceled the series for budgetary reasons. Due to the showrunner and cast changes in addition to pandemic-related production shutdowns, FX would have to pay $3 million to extend contracts and ultimately chose not to. Showrunner Eliza Clark took to Instagram to express her sadness with the news and shared that she was actively pursuing other networks to pick...
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The post Y: The Last Man Can't Find a New Home, is Almost Certainly Extinct appeared first on /Film.
- 1/15/2022
- by BJ Colangelo
- Slash Film
LGBTQ+ representation means a lot to many different people.
Seeing themselves represented anywhere (especially mainstream media) usually changes lives.
Below, we compiled a list of some of the best LGBTQ+ representations on TV this past year.
These items are in no particular order!
Make sure to comment below to add your input!
The Morning Show
Bradley and Laura's LGBT subplot was legit and believable. Granted, the idea that unmarried people being outed in the press would constitute a scandal or a story that could be used for leverage is so 2013. That aspect was forced, for sure.
The amusing and ironic part of the Bradley/Laura thing, though, is Laura trying to convince Bradley to use her identity politics to get ahead in her career.
I don't imagine Apple+ planned that irony, but it wasn't lost on us. And the relationship between the two ended up being very sweet and hopeful.
Seeing themselves represented anywhere (especially mainstream media) usually changes lives.
Below, we compiled a list of some of the best LGBTQ+ representations on TV this past year.
These items are in no particular order!
Make sure to comment below to add your input!
The Morning Show
Bradley and Laura's LGBT subplot was legit and believable. Granted, the idea that unmarried people being outed in the press would constitute a scandal or a story that could be used for leverage is so 2013. That aspect was forced, for sure.
The amusing and ironic part of the Bradley/Laura thing, though, is Laura trying to convince Bradley to use her identity politics to get ahead in her career.
I don't imagine Apple+ planned that irony, but it wasn't lost on us. And the relationship between the two ended up being very sweet and hopeful.
- 12/24/2021
- by TV Fanatic Staff
- TVfanatic
More than 50 prominent showrunners, including J.J. Abrams, Shonda Rhimes and Mike Schur, have signed the WGA West’s Safe and Inclusive Workplace Pledge, committing to “partner with the guild in developing best practices proven to drive change, alongside support programs for the wider show-running community that ensure every leader has the tools and understanding necessary to create workplaces in which all members can thrive.”
The guild’s Showrunner Initiative Committee said in a message to the guild’s members, “As a writer community, we can help create a new culture, one in which abuse and discrimination cannot thrive.”
The pledge states: “As union members, mistreatment of one of us is a problem for all of us. For the last four years, there has been an evolving conversation about addressing sexism, racism, discrimination, and bullying in our industry. As showrunners, we believe this behavior should not be tolerated. And while the...
The guild’s Showrunner Initiative Committee said in a message to the guild’s members, “As a writer community, we can help create a new culture, one in which abuse and discrimination cannot thrive.”
The pledge states: “As union members, mistreatment of one of us is a problem for all of us. For the last four years, there has been an evolving conversation about addressing sexism, racism, discrimination, and bullying in our industry. As showrunners, we believe this behavior should not be tolerated. And while the...
- 11/22/2021
- by David Robb
- Deadline Film + TV
Alas, poor Yorick, we hardly knew ya.
The Season 1 (series?) finale of Y: The Last Man hit FX on Hulu Monday, and despite the major twists and turns it took, it’s all a bit bittersweet, isn’t it? On Oct. 17, news broke that the series would no longer continue at its current streamer, but that showrunner/executive producer Eliza Clark wasn’t giving up just yet. “We are committed to finding Y its next home,” she wrote at the time. (More details on that here.)
More from TVLineY: The Last Man's Olivia Thirlby on That Bold Confession to Roxanne,...
The Season 1 (series?) finale of Y: The Last Man hit FX on Hulu Monday, and despite the major twists and turns it took, it’s all a bit bittersweet, isn’t it? On Oct. 17, news broke that the series would no longer continue at its current streamer, but that showrunner/executive producer Eliza Clark wasn’t giving up just yet. “We are committed to finding Y its next home,” she wrote at the time. (More details on that here.)
More from TVLineY: The Last Man's Olivia Thirlby on That Bold Confession to Roxanne,...
- 11/1/2021
- by Nick Caruso
- TVLine.com
The shadow is always there.
Y: The Last Man Season 1 Episode 10 gives us carnage, romance, reunions, and hope.
There is only one path forward.
There is so much attention to detail here. There were several callbacks to previous episodes that were just so satisfying. It was written by Eliza Clark, the showrunner, and directed by Daisy Von Scherler Mayer.
The pool scenes were dreamy and gorgeous. The timing of the cuts and cues was so spot on -- especially the opening scene that cust from Hero's line to the opening credits, and then when Agent 355 intrudes on Yorick and Sonia's breakfast.
It helped maintain some levity before the darkness of the rest of the episode set in.
Sonia and Yorick finally consummated their relationship. Kristen Gutoskie's Sonia has such an ease about her, never coming off as needy or pressuring him. She lets him make the first move, knowing...
Y: The Last Man Season 1 Episode 10 gives us carnage, romance, reunions, and hope.
There is only one path forward.
There is so much attention to detail here. There were several callbacks to previous episodes that were just so satisfying. It was written by Eliza Clark, the showrunner, and directed by Daisy Von Scherler Mayer.
The pool scenes were dreamy and gorgeous. The timing of the cuts and cues was so spot on -- especially the opening scene that cust from Hero's line to the opening credits, and then when Agent 355 intrudes on Yorick and Sonia's breakfast.
It helped maintain some levity before the darkness of the rest of the episode set in.
Sonia and Yorick finally consummated their relationship. Kristen Gutoskie's Sonia has such an ease about her, never coming off as needy or pressuring him. She lets him make the first move, knowing...
- 11/1/2021
- by Mary Littlejohn
- TVfanatic
Unfortunately, these guys — unlike their show's title — won't be the last men standing on FX. On October 17, showrunner Eliza Clark took to Instagram to reveal that FX's "Y: The Last Man" had been canceled by the network.
"We have learned that we will not be moving forward with FX on Hulu for Season 2 of 'Y: The Last Man.' I have never in my life been more committed to a story, and there is so much more left to tell. 'Y: The Last Man' is about gender, about how oppressive systems inform identity. We had a gender diverse team of brilliant...
The post Y: The Last Man Has Been Canceled By FX on Hulu appeared first on /Film.
"We have learned that we will not be moving forward with FX on Hulu for Season 2 of 'Y: The Last Man.' I have never in my life been more committed to a story, and there is so much more left to tell. 'Y: The Last Man' is about gender, about how oppressive systems inform identity. We had a gender diverse team of brilliant...
The post Y: The Last Man Has Been Canceled By FX on Hulu appeared first on /Film.
- 10/18/2021
- by Lex Briscuso
- Slash Film
Y: The Last Man has been canceled by FX on Hulu, executive producer Eliza Clark announced via Twitter on Sunday.
In a statement, Clark wrote, “We have learned that we will not be moving forward with FX on Hulu for Season 2 of Y: The Last Man. I have never in my life been more committed to a story, and there is so much left to tell… We don’t want it to end.”
“FX has been an amazing partner. We have loved working with them, and we’re sad Y: The Last Man is not going forward at FX on Hulu. But we know that someone else is going to be very lucky to have this team and this story. I never experienced the remarkable solidarity of this many talented people. We are committed to finding Y its next home. #YLivesOn,” Clark added.
The news of cancellation comes weeks before the season 1 finale on Nov.
In a statement, Clark wrote, “We have learned that we will not be moving forward with FX on Hulu for Season 2 of Y: The Last Man. I have never in my life been more committed to a story, and there is so much left to tell… We don’t want it to end.”
“FX has been an amazing partner. We have loved working with them, and we’re sad Y: The Last Man is not going forward at FX on Hulu. But we know that someone else is going to be very lucky to have this team and this story. I never experienced the remarkable solidarity of this many talented people. We are committed to finding Y its next home. #YLivesOn,” Clark added.
The news of cancellation comes weeks before the season 1 finale on Nov.
- 10/17/2021
- by Brandon Choe
- Deadline Film + TV
The story of Yorick Brown will remain unfinished (for now?): Y: The Last Man has been cancelled at FX on Hulu, executive producer Eliza Clark announced via Twitter on Sunday.
“We have learned that we will not be moving forward with FX on Hulu for Season 2 of Y: The Last Man,” Clark wrote. “I have never in my life been more committed to a story, and there is so much more left to tell… It is the most collaborative, creatively fulfilling and beautiful thing I have ever been a part of. We don’t want it to end.”
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“We have learned that we will not be moving forward with FX on Hulu for Season 2 of Y: The Last Man,” Clark wrote. “I have never in my life been more committed to a story, and there is so much more left to tell… It is the most collaborative, creatively fulfilling and beautiful thing I have ever been a part of. We don’t want it to end.”
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- 10/17/2021
- by Nick Caruso
- TVLine.com
“Y: The Last Man” has been canceled by FX, weeks before its first season debuts its final episode on FX on Hulu.
The news was shared by “Y: The Last Man” showrunner Eliza Clark through her Twitter on Sunday. In her post, Clark thanks FX and the show’s creative team for their partnership on the project. She also expresses hope that “Y: The Last Man” will be able to continue its run at a different network.
“We have learned that we will not be moving forward with FX on Hulu for Season 2 of ‘Y: The Last Man.’ I have never in my life been more committed to a story, and there is so much more left to tell,” Clark wrote. “‘We had a gender diverse team of brilliant artists, led by women at almost every corner of our production… It is the most collaborative, creatively fulfilling and beautiful thing...
The news was shared by “Y: The Last Man” showrunner Eliza Clark through her Twitter on Sunday. In her post, Clark thanks FX and the show’s creative team for their partnership on the project. She also expresses hope that “Y: The Last Man” will be able to continue its run at a different network.
“We have learned that we will not be moving forward with FX on Hulu for Season 2 of ‘Y: The Last Man.’ I have never in my life been more committed to a story, and there is so much more left to tell,” Clark wrote. “‘We had a gender diverse team of brilliant artists, led by women at almost every corner of our production… It is the most collaborative, creatively fulfilling and beautiful thing...
- 10/17/2021
- by J. Kim Murphy
- Variety Film + TV
FX on Hulu is parting ways with Y: The Last Man.
The series dropped on Hulu a month ago and has received mostly positive reviews, with TV Fanatic's Mary Littlejohn giving it high praise since its debut.
On Rotten Tomatoes, it has a 73% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes and a 70% audience score.
Showrunner Eliza Clark shared the news on Twitter that the first season would be its last.
"We have learned that we will not be moving forward with FX on Hulu for Season 2 of Y: The Last Man," the statement begins.
"Y: The Last Man is about gender, about how oppressive systems inform identity."
"We had a gender diverse team of brilliant artists, led by women at almost every corner of our production."
"Producers, writers, directors, cinematographers, production design, costume design, stunt coordination, and more," the statement continues.
"It is the most collaborative, creatively fulfilling, and beautiful thing I...
The series dropped on Hulu a month ago and has received mostly positive reviews, with TV Fanatic's Mary Littlejohn giving it high praise since its debut.
On Rotten Tomatoes, it has a 73% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes and a 70% audience score.
Showrunner Eliza Clark shared the news on Twitter that the first season would be its last.
"We have learned that we will not be moving forward with FX on Hulu for Season 2 of Y: The Last Man," the statement begins.
"Y: The Last Man is about gender, about how oppressive systems inform identity."
"We had a gender diverse team of brilliant artists, led by women at almost every corner of our production."
"Producers, writers, directors, cinematographers, production design, costume design, stunt coordination, and more," the statement continues.
"It is the most collaborative, creatively fulfilling, and beautiful thing I...
- 10/17/2021
- by Paul Dailly
- TVfanatic
Y: The Last Man‘s long path to the screen wound up being longer than its life on-screen.
Showrunner Eliza Clark and star Amber Tamblyn took to Twitter on Sunday to announce that the adaptation of Brian K. Vaughan’s beloved comics will not return for a second season on FX on Hulu. The news, which FX has yet to confirm but sources told THR happened Friday, comes after a more than decade-long development process that saw the IP bounce around between studios and filmmakers before landing at FX for development back in 2015.
Clark, who took over as showrunner from ...
Showrunner Eliza Clark and star Amber Tamblyn took to Twitter on Sunday to announce that the adaptation of Brian K. Vaughan’s beloved comics will not return for a second season on FX on Hulu. The news, which FX has yet to confirm but sources told THR happened Friday, comes after a more than decade-long development process that saw the IP bounce around between studios and filmmakers before landing at FX for development back in 2015.
Clark, who took over as showrunner from ...
- 10/17/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Y: The Last Man‘s long path to the screen wound up being longer than its life on-screen.
Showrunner Eliza Clark and star Amber Tamblyn took to Twitter on Sunday to announce that the adaptation of Brian K. Vaughan’s beloved comics will not return for a second season on FX on Hulu. The news, which FX has yet to confirm but sources told THR happened Friday, comes after a more than decade-long development process that saw the IP bounce around between studios and filmmakers before landing at FX for development back in 2015.
Clark, who took over as showrunner from ...
Showrunner Eliza Clark and star Amber Tamblyn took to Twitter on Sunday to announce that the adaptation of Brian K. Vaughan’s beloved comics will not return for a second season on FX on Hulu. The news, which FX has yet to confirm but sources told THR happened Friday, comes after a more than decade-long development process that saw the IP bounce around between studios and filmmakers before landing at FX for development back in 2015.
Clark, who took over as showrunner from ...
- 10/17/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
“The world has come to a grinding halt because of the way the economy works and the way the event happened,” Y: The Last Man showrunner Eliza Clark says about what would occur if every mammal with a Y chromosome suddenly died — as happens on the FX on Hulu drama series that premiered this week. ‘Essentially, we would be in big trouble, at least for a little while,” she adds in an interview on the new episode of Deadline’s Hero Nation podcast.
“If the power grid goes down and the highways are choked with cars, and our entire economy runs on trucks and 5% of truck drivers are women,” the Rubicon vet notes of the complex dystopian series based on the acclaimed 2002 comic book of the same name.
“At the same time, even if you have those 5% of women, you can’t drive on the roads at all. Then you...
“If the power grid goes down and the highways are choked with cars, and our entire economy runs on trucks and 5% of truck drivers are women,” the Rubicon vet notes of the complex dystopian series based on the acclaimed 2002 comic book of the same name.
“At the same time, even if you have those 5% of women, you can’t drive on the roads at all. Then you...
- 9/17/2021
- by Dominic Patten and Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
This article contains major spoilers for the Y: The Last Man comic and potentially the TV series.
Y: The Last Man showrunner Eliza Clark knew she had found her series’ lead character when she watched actor Ben Schnetzer run lines over Zoom whilst wearing a garbage bag as a poncho.
“From the first moment I saw him, I was like, ‘That is Yorick,’” she says. “There’s a sweetness to him and a naivety to the way he played the character. You love him even when he’s being an idiot.”
Being lovable whilst also being an idiot is the defining trait of Y: The Last Man’s hero. Brian K. Vaughan and Pia Guerra’s comic series of the same name imagines a world in which an unknown event wipes out every mammal with a Y-chromosome…save for escape artist Yorick Brown. Yorick is inherently special because he’s the last of his kind.
Y: The Last Man showrunner Eliza Clark knew she had found her series’ lead character when she watched actor Ben Schnetzer run lines over Zoom whilst wearing a garbage bag as a poncho.
“From the first moment I saw him, I was like, ‘That is Yorick,’” she says. “There’s a sweetness to him and a naivety to the way he played the character. You love him even when he’s being an idiot.”
Being lovable whilst also being an idiot is the defining trait of Y: The Last Man’s hero. Brian K. Vaughan and Pia Guerra’s comic series of the same name imagines a world in which an unknown event wipes out every mammal with a Y-chromosome…save for escape artist Yorick Brown. Yorick is inherently special because he’s the last of his kind.
- 9/16/2021
- by Alec Bojalad
- Den of Geek
It’s been a long road for Yorick and the rest of the characters in Brian K. Vaughan and Pia Guerra’s graphic novel “Y: The Last Man.” Initially planned as a feature film in the 2010s, the source material pivoted to a television adaptation that is now airing at a freakishly prescient time. There’s much to admire with showrunner Eliza Clark’s series, from the numerous stellar acting turns to a fantastic group of directors and the compelling action they craft. But it’s obvious there’s also dueling desires to please not just newcomers, but fans of Vaughan and Guerra’s text, which makes for an unbalanced beginning.
The audience is first introduced to Yorick Brown (Ben Schnetzer) as he’s walking the empty streets of a city with his capuchin monkey, Ampersand. Based on the gnarled cars sitting motionless in the street, it’s obvious the...
The audience is first introduced to Yorick Brown (Ben Schnetzer) as he’s walking the empty streets of a city with his capuchin monkey, Ampersand. Based on the gnarled cars sitting motionless in the street, it’s obvious the...
- 9/13/2021
- by Kristen Lopez
- Indiewire
What does it mean to be the last man on Earth? What would happen if everyone with a Y chromosome suddenly died? These are the questions explored in the new FX on Hulu series, “Y: The Last Man.” And on this episode of The Playlist Podcast, showrunner Eliza Clark joins to talk about her new series and its long road to production.
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- 9/13/2021
- by Charles Barfield
- The Playlist
Spoiler Alert: Do not read if you have not watched the first three episodes of “Y: The Last Man,” streaming now on FX on Hulu.
In adapting Brian K. Vaughan and Pia Guerra’s graphic novel series, “Y: The Last Man,” for television, showrunner Eliza Clark thought a lot about where she wanted her version of the story to go in order to determine where she needed it to begin. Ultimately, what she wanted was to depict an exploration of a wide variety of characters grappling with who they are now that loved ones, professions and identities have been stripped away.
Her version of “Y: The Last Man” starts with a little bit of the “before times” — before the extinction-level event that killed every living being with a Y chromosome except for one man and one monkey. In starting the show there, she was able to introduce the majority of...
In adapting Brian K. Vaughan and Pia Guerra’s graphic novel series, “Y: The Last Man,” for television, showrunner Eliza Clark thought a lot about where she wanted her version of the story to go in order to determine where she needed it to begin. Ultimately, what she wanted was to depict an exploration of a wide variety of characters grappling with who they are now that loved ones, professions and identities have been stripped away.
Her version of “Y: The Last Man” starts with a little bit of the “before times” — before the extinction-level event that killed every living being with a Y chromosome except for one man and one monkey. In starting the show there, she was able to introduce the majority of...
- 9/13/2021
- by Danielle Turchiano
- Variety Film + TV
This article contains light spoilers for Y: The Last Man episodes 1-3.
The television landscape must always have a little buddy.
You know what I’m talking about. At any given moment, at least one show must play host to a cuddly little critter – whether that be Grogu a.k.a. Baby Yoda on The Mandalorian, Alligator Loki on Loki, or really any Pokémon on Pokémon. Now, thankfully, TV’s next little buddy has arrived and it’s one of the fall season’s unlikeliest series: Y: The Last Man.
FX on Hulu’s Y: The Last Man is based on the early 2000s comic series of the same name from Brian K. Vaughan and Pia Guerra. It takes in a dystopian post-apocalyptic universe in which every mammal with a Y-chromosome is killed by an unknown event, leaving the planet’s women, trans men, and non-binary folk behind the pick up the pieces.
The television landscape must always have a little buddy.
You know what I’m talking about. At any given moment, at least one show must play host to a cuddly little critter – whether that be Grogu a.k.a. Baby Yoda on The Mandalorian, Alligator Loki on Loki, or really any Pokémon on Pokémon. Now, thankfully, TV’s next little buddy has arrived and it’s one of the fall season’s unlikeliest series: Y: The Last Man.
FX on Hulu’s Y: The Last Man is based on the early 2000s comic series of the same name from Brian K. Vaughan and Pia Guerra. It takes in a dystopian post-apocalyptic universe in which every mammal with a Y-chromosome is killed by an unknown event, leaving the planet’s women, trans men, and non-binary folk behind the pick up the pieces.
- 9/13/2021
- by Alec Bojalad
- Den of Geek
“Y: The Last Man” follows the postapocalyptic journey of Yorick, the last cisgendered human male on planet Earth and his monkey Ampersand. When an unknown virus wipes out everyone with a Y chromosome, those left behind must scramble to keep the infrastructure of their society from collapsing. Literally overnight, cisgendered women become the dominate force on the planet. Much like on OWN’s “Queen Sugar,” the FX on Hulu series has placed women in nearly every leadership role behind the camera. Women directed, wrote, filmed and produced each episode. Led by Eliza Clark, perhaps best known for her superb writing on “Killing Eve,” the show is a bloody, violent political thriller that’s steeped in despair.
When “Y: The Last Man” first hit comic bookshelves in September 2002, America was one year removed from the apocalyptic 9/11. Nearly 3,000 lives, the skyline-defining Twin Towers and a sense of security perished in a cloud...
When “Y: The Last Man” first hit comic bookshelves in September 2002, America was one year removed from the apocalyptic 9/11. Nearly 3,000 lives, the skyline-defining Twin Towers and a sense of security perished in a cloud...
- 9/13/2021
- by Joelle Monique
- The Wrap
It's slightly surreal to watch a show about a global catastrophe during, well, a global catastrophe.
But Y: The Last Man Season 1 Episode 1 begins with such promise that it's impossible not to be hooked.
It's the show you didn't know you needed - a post-apocalyptic drama populated almost exclusively with strong, competent, complex women.
Y: The Last Man is based on a series of comic books by Brian K. Vaughan and Pia Guerra. Sixty issues were published, concluding in 2008.
(Full disclosure -- I have not read the comics. I am unspoiled and intend to judge the show based on its merits, not how true it stays to the source material).
Development on the television series began in 2015, and it finally began filming in late 2020. It seems prescient that it was filmed during the pandemic, for this is truly a show of its time.
Notably, each episode of Y: The Last Man...
But Y: The Last Man Season 1 Episode 1 begins with such promise that it's impossible not to be hooked.
It's the show you didn't know you needed - a post-apocalyptic drama populated almost exclusively with strong, competent, complex women.
Y: The Last Man is based on a series of comic books by Brian K. Vaughan and Pia Guerra. Sixty issues were published, concluding in 2008.
(Full disclosure -- I have not read the comics. I am unspoiled and intend to judge the show based on its merits, not how true it stays to the source material).
Development on the television series began in 2015, and it finally began filming in late 2020. It seems prescient that it was filmed during the pandemic, for this is truly a show of its time.
Notably, each episode of Y: The Last Man...
- 9/13/2021
- by Mary Littlejohn
- TVfanatic
FX’s adaptation of Brian K. Vaughn and Pia Guerra’s popular comic book series “Y: The Last Man” has been in development since 2015, shuffling through multiple changes behind-the-scenes along the way.
When the show finally does premiere on Monday on Hulu, it will be nearly 20 years since the first issue of the post-apocalyptic drama hit shelves. Among the biggest departures the TV series makes from the source material is from the premise laid out in the title.
“I think that the conversation about gender is more nuanced than the conversation than anything was about gender 20 years ago,” showrunner Eliza Clark told TheWrap. “I think we made clear early and often in the show that chromosomes are not equal to gender, and that there are still many men that survived this event.”
In the original comic, which ran from 2002 until 2008, the premise is that every animal with a Y chromosome...
When the show finally does premiere on Monday on Hulu, it will be nearly 20 years since the first issue of the post-apocalyptic drama hit shelves. Among the biggest departures the TV series makes from the source material is from the premise laid out in the title.
“I think that the conversation about gender is more nuanced than the conversation than anything was about gender 20 years ago,” showrunner Eliza Clark told TheWrap. “I think we made clear early and often in the show that chromosomes are not equal to gender, and that there are still many men that survived this event.”
In the original comic, which ran from 2002 until 2008, the premise is that every animal with a Y chromosome...
- 9/12/2021
- by Tim Baysinger
- The Wrap
When Y: The Last Man showrunner Eliza Clark was just two weeks away from beginning production on the upcoming dystopian comic adaptation, the world was shut down by a very real global threat: the Covid-19 pandemic. Talk about life imitating art.
“I’m very grateful that the show is not about an ongoing pandemic,” says Clark, who also executive-produces and writes for the series. “The aftermath of an event is where the story takes place… I don’t want to watch a show about Covid, but I was certainly informed by some of the stuff I was seeing, [like] some of...
“I’m very grateful that the show is not about an ongoing pandemic,” says Clark, who also executive-produces and writes for the series. “The aftermath of an event is where the story takes place… I don’t want to watch a show about Covid, but I was certainly informed by some of the stuff I was seeing, [like] some of...
- 9/11/2021
- by Nick Caruso
- TVLine.com
Some men may fleetingly dream of being the only guy left on Earth. In reality, it’s not much fun for New Yorker Yorick Brown, who, after a strange, sudden cataclysm kills billions of people, is the only surviving human with a Y chromosome. “Yorick is the type of person who wanted to be special his entire life, and now suddenly he is,” says Y: The Last Man exec producer Eliza Clark, “but not in a way he wanted to be. He survived, and he doesn’t know why.” The “postapocalyptic dark comedy,” as Clark calls the show, is based on a series of award-winning graphic novels that follow Yorick’s journey, including his travels to the White House, where his congresswoman mother (Diane Lane) has become president. Trying to keep Yorick’s existence hush-hush for his own safety in this chaotic world, she sends him off with a secret...
- 9/11/2021
- TV Insider
When the extinction-level event takes out (almost) everyone with a Y chromosome in “Y: The Last Man,” Kimberly Campbell Cunningham is the hardest one hit, according to Amber Tamblyn, who plays the character in the new FX on Hulu series.
Kimberly is a “very deeply conservative boy mom, whose entire identity is through the patriarchy and through the men that were in her lives,” Tamblyn tells Variety’s Awards Circuit Podcast. She is the daughter of the President of the United States, who perishes in the pandemic, and her life revolves around her husband and sons, who also die, almost exactly at the same time. This leaves her with deep grief and a loss of her identity, Tamblyn notes.
“I don’t think [she] has the tools or the emotional capacity to know how to deal with such trauma. It breeds in her an empathetic monster that you will come to...
Kimberly is a “very deeply conservative boy mom, whose entire identity is through the patriarchy and through the men that were in her lives,” Tamblyn tells Variety’s Awards Circuit Podcast. She is the daughter of the President of the United States, who perishes in the pandemic, and her life revolves around her husband and sons, who also die, almost exactly at the same time. This leaves her with deep grief and a loss of her identity, Tamblyn notes.
“I don’t think [she] has the tools or the emotional capacity to know how to deal with such trauma. It breeds in her an empathetic monster that you will come to...
- 9/9/2021
- by Danielle Turchiano
- Variety Film + TV
If “Y: The Last Man” were a Word document and you could track its changes, you’d barely be able to see the page for all the edits. The drama’s been in development for long enough to have gone through several showrunners and pilot directors, not to mention a slight network change (from FX to “FX on Hulu”). Now premiering two decades after Brian K. Vaughn first published the comic series that inspired it, TV’s “Y: The Last Man” takes obvious pains to imbue the story — about the aftermath of everyone on Earth with a Y chromosome suddenly dropping dead — with more nuance on sex and gender than its 2002 iteration. With so many transitions and considerations at play, it’s a wonder there’s anything to show for it at all, let alone anything as generally solid as what this version of “Y: The Last Man” offers up.
- 9/8/2021
- by Caroline Framke
- Variety Film + TV
Disney+ has revealed the premiere date alongside a batch of images for the highly anticipated original series, ‘Y: The Last Man.’
Available to stream through the Star offering on Disney+ in the UK with the first three episodes on September 22nd, with new episodes every Wednesday, the show is a drama series based on DC Comics’ acclaimed series of the same name by Brian K. Vaughan and Pia Guerra.
“The Day Before” — Season 1, Episode 1 (Airs September 13) — Pictured: Ben Schnetzer as Yorick Brown. Cr: Rafy Winterfeld/FX “The Day Before” — Season 1, Episode 1 (Airs September 13) — Pictured: Diane Lane as Jennifer Brown. Cr: Rafy Winterfeld/FX
It traverses a post-apocalyptic world in which a cataclysmic event decimates every mammal with a Y chromosome but for one cisgender man and his pet monkey. The series follows the survivors in this new world as they struggle with their efforts to restore what was lost and...
Available to stream through the Star offering on Disney+ in the UK with the first three episodes on September 22nd, with new episodes every Wednesday, the show is a drama series based on DC Comics’ acclaimed series of the same name by Brian K. Vaughan and Pia Guerra.
“The Day Before” — Season 1, Episode 1 (Airs September 13) — Pictured: Ben Schnetzer as Yorick Brown. Cr: Rafy Winterfeld/FX “The Day Before” — Season 1, Episode 1 (Airs September 13) — Pictured: Diane Lane as Jennifer Brown. Cr: Rafy Winterfeld/FX
It traverses a post-apocalyptic world in which a cataclysmic event decimates every mammal with a Y chromosome but for one cisgender man and his pet monkey. The series follows the survivors in this new world as they struggle with their efforts to restore what was lost and...
- 8/16/2021
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Streaming
Disney Plus will launch the first three episodes of DC Comics’ much-anticipated series adaptation of “Y: The Las Man” on Sept. 22 in the U.K. via its adult-oriented Star platform, with new episodes made available each Wednesday thereafter. Adapted from the comic book series of the same name by Brian K Vaughan and Pia Guerra, “Y: The Last Man” unspools in a post-apocalyptic world where all mammals with a Y chromosome die in a mysterious event, save one cis man and his monkey.
The female-led series headlines Diane Lane (“Unfaithful”), Ashley Romans (“Shameless”), Ben Schnetzer (“The Book Thief”), Olivia Thirlby (“Juno”), Amber Tamblyn (“The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants”), Marin Ireland (“Homeland”), Diana Bang (“The Baby-Sitters Club”), Elliot Fletcher (“Shameless”) and Juliana Canfield (“Succession”). Each episode is directed by a woman, and the production featured a significant number of women in key roles such as DPs, production designers, costume designers,...
Disney Plus will launch the first three episodes of DC Comics’ much-anticipated series adaptation of “Y: The Las Man” on Sept. 22 in the U.K. via its adult-oriented Star platform, with new episodes made available each Wednesday thereafter. Adapted from the comic book series of the same name by Brian K Vaughan and Pia Guerra, “Y: The Last Man” unspools in a post-apocalyptic world where all mammals with a Y chromosome die in a mysterious event, save one cis man and his monkey.
The female-led series headlines Diane Lane (“Unfaithful”), Ashley Romans (“Shameless”), Ben Schnetzer (“The Book Thief”), Olivia Thirlby (“Juno”), Amber Tamblyn (“The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants”), Marin Ireland (“Homeland”), Diana Bang (“The Baby-Sitters Club”), Elliot Fletcher (“Shameless”) and Juliana Canfield (“Succession”). Each episode is directed by a woman, and the production featured a significant number of women in key roles such as DPs, production designers, costume designers,...
- 8/16/2021
- by Jamie Lang
- Variety Film + TV
It’s no secret that Y: The Last Man took its sweet time in getting adapted. The story, first told in comic format from 2002 through 2008 by writer Brian K. Vaughan and illustrator Pia Guerra, was optioned to become a film as far back as 2007 with David Goyer producing.
The film project eventually developed into a TV pilot at FX in 2015. The show then ran into behind the scenes issues cycling through several producers and lead actors before settling upon Eliza Clark as showrunner and Ben Schnetzer as protagonist Yorick Brown. Now the sci-fi story about a virus that wipes out every man on Earth save for Yorick and his capuchin monkey Ampersand is finally seeing the light of day via FX on Hulu…amid a pandemic, no less!
Given that the comic series (of which 60 issues were published) debuted nearly 20 years ago, it’s reasonable to wonder if its premise...
The film project eventually developed into a TV pilot at FX in 2015. The show then ran into behind the scenes issues cycling through several producers and lead actors before settling upon Eliza Clark as showrunner and Ben Schnetzer as protagonist Yorick Brown. Now the sci-fi story about a virus that wipes out every man on Earth save for Yorick and his capuchin monkey Ampersand is finally seeing the light of day via FX on Hulu…amid a pandemic, no less!
Given that the comic series (of which 60 issues were published) debuted nearly 20 years ago, it’s reasonable to wonder if its premise...
- 8/13/2021
- by Alec Bojalad
- Den of Geek
Eliza Clark, executive producer and showrunner of FX’s adaptation of “Y: The Last Man,” read the comic 10 years ago and was drawn to its story of survival. She responded to how it looked at power and systems of oppression in the wake of a cataclysmic event that kills all men on the planet. The series is the culmination of over a decade’s worth of attempts to tell authors Bryan K. Vaughan and Pia Guerra’s story.
Clark wanted to take all the things she loved and update it for the series, specifically where it concerns gender. “Our show is gender diverse,” she said Friday, during the show’s panel session at the TCA Summer Press Tour. “We’ve made the representation of this world, in some ways, very different [from the comic book.]”
The lone male survivor, Yorick (Ben Schnetzer), once set apart in the graphic novel because of his gender, is now separated by his biology.
Clark wanted to take all the things she loved and update it for the series, specifically where it concerns gender. “Our show is gender diverse,” she said Friday, during the show’s panel session at the TCA Summer Press Tour. “We’ve made the representation of this world, in some ways, very different [from the comic book.]”
The lone male survivor, Yorick (Ben Schnetzer), once set apart in the graphic novel because of his gender, is now separated by his biology.
- 8/13/2021
- by Kristen Lopez
- Indiewire
Y: The Last Man makes it clear that gender identity exists beyond a male-female binary, giving the original comic series by Brian K. Vaughan and Pia Guerra a modern update.
“Gender is diverse and chromosomes are not equal to gender. In the world of the television show every living mammal with a Y chromosome dies – that includes many women, it includes non-binary people, it includes intersex people,” showrunner Eliza Clark explained during the show’s TCA panel on Friday, “We are making a show that affirms that trans women are women, trans men are men, non-binary people are non-binary. That is part of the richness of of the world we get to play with.”
Based on Vaughn and Guerra’s DC Comics series of the same name, Y: The Last Man traverses a post-apocalyptic world in which a cataclysmic event decimates all but one cisgender male, Yorick Brown (Ben Schnetzer), and his pet monkey.
“Gender is diverse and chromosomes are not equal to gender. In the world of the television show every living mammal with a Y chromosome dies – that includes many women, it includes non-binary people, it includes intersex people,” showrunner Eliza Clark explained during the show’s TCA panel on Friday, “We are making a show that affirms that trans women are women, trans men are men, non-binary people are non-binary. That is part of the richness of of the world we get to play with.”
Based on Vaughn and Guerra’s DC Comics series of the same name, Y: The Last Man traverses a post-apocalyptic world in which a cataclysmic event decimates all but one cisgender male, Yorick Brown (Ben Schnetzer), and his pet monkey.
- 8/13/2021
- by Alexandra Del Rosario
- Deadline Film + TV
FX’s “Y: The Last Man” is set in a world where a cataclysmic event has decimated “every mammal with a Y chromosome but for one cisgender man and his pet monkey.” Though this means that people who were assigned the male gender at birth, but identify as women are killed as a result of this tragedy, the showrunner of the series, which is based on the fan-favorite comic book series by Brian K. Vaughan and Pia Guerra, says “Y: The Last Man” is a project “that affirms that trans women are women, trans men are men, non-binary people are non-binary.”
“What was exciting about the book was it takes this kind of idea that a world that is filled with mostly women — and the book is definitely sort of more skewed toward the idea of a world of women — that it’s not necessarily just a paradise because women uphold systems of oppression,...
“What was exciting about the book was it takes this kind of idea that a world that is filled with mostly women — and the book is definitely sort of more skewed toward the idea of a world of women — that it’s not necessarily just a paradise because women uphold systems of oppression,...
- 8/13/2021
- by Jennifer Maas
- The Wrap
FX on Hulu’s adaptation of “Y: The Last Man” is setting out to ask questions about gender and identity and, perhaps even more deeply, what parts of a person’s identity has been imposed by society?
The show, based on the graphic novels of the same title, is set in a world where an extinction-level event wiped out all of the individuals with Y chromosomes — except for two: the titular man, Yorick (played by Ben Schnetzer), and his monkey.
“Yorick’s maleness is not what sets him apart in this world — it’s his Y chromosome that sets him apart,” showrunner Eliza Clark pointed out during the show’s Television Critics Assn. press tour panel on Aug. 13. “Gender is diverse and chromosomes are not equal to gender. And so, in our world — in the world of the television show — every living mammal with a Y chromosome dies. Tragically, that...
The show, based on the graphic novels of the same title, is set in a world where an extinction-level event wiped out all of the individuals with Y chromosomes — except for two: the titular man, Yorick (played by Ben Schnetzer), and his monkey.
“Yorick’s maleness is not what sets him apart in this world — it’s his Y chromosome that sets him apart,” showrunner Eliza Clark pointed out during the show’s Television Critics Assn. press tour panel on Aug. 13. “Gender is diverse and chromosomes are not equal to gender. And so, in our world — in the world of the television show — every living mammal with a Y chromosome dies. Tragically, that...
- 8/13/2021
- by Danielle Turchiano
- Variety Film + TV
FX’s long-delayed Y: The Last Man adaptation arrives at a time when the mainstream concept of gender has evolved considerably since the 2002 publication of the graphic novel on which the series is based.
The basic story is that an apocalyptic event kills off every man in the world except one — Yorick Brown — and Earth’s survivors have to figure out how to rebuild society (see the trailer below).
Showrunner Eliza Clark and FX chairman John Landgraf say the graphic novel’s binary presentation of gender has been updated significantly for the new series, with new characters and story ...
The basic story is that an apocalyptic event kills off every man in the world except one — Yorick Brown — and Earth’s survivors have to figure out how to rebuild society (see the trailer below).
Showrunner Eliza Clark and FX chairman John Landgraf say the graphic novel’s binary presentation of gender has been updated significantly for the new series, with new characters and story ...
- 8/13/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
FX’s long-delayed Y: The Last Man adaptation arrives at a time when the mainstream concept of gender has evolved considerably since the 2002 publication of the graphic novel on which the series is based.
The basic story is that an apocalyptic event kills off every man in the world except one — Yorick Brown — and Earth’s survivors have to figure out how to rebuild society (see the trailer below).
Showrunner Eliza Clark and FX chairman John Landgraf say the graphic novel’s binary presentation of gender has been updated significantly for the new series, with new characters and story ...
The basic story is that an apocalyptic event kills off every man in the world except one — Yorick Brown — and Earth’s survivors have to figure out how to rebuild society (see the trailer below).
Showrunner Eliza Clark and FX chairman John Landgraf say the graphic novel’s binary presentation of gender has been updated significantly for the new series, with new characters and story ...
- 8/13/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
FX’s long-gestating “Y: The Last Man” adaptation is finally set to premiere next month, and the cable channel has just released the first trailer for the post-apocalyptic drama.
Based on the fan-favorite comic book series by Brian K. Vaughan and Pia Guerra, “Y: The Last Man” is set in a world where a cataclysmic event has decimated “every mammal with a Y chromosome but for one cisgender man and his pet monkey.” Per FX, “The series follows the survivors in this new world as they struggle with their efforts to restore what was lost and the opportunity to build something better.”
The 10-episode drama will stream exclusively on Hulu under the “FX on Hulu” banner starting Monday, Sept. 13.
First put into development at FX in 2015, the adaptation received a pilot order in April 2018 and was ordered to series a year later. Barry Keoghan was originally set to star in...
Based on the fan-favorite comic book series by Brian K. Vaughan and Pia Guerra, “Y: The Last Man” is set in a world where a cataclysmic event has decimated “every mammal with a Y chromosome but for one cisgender man and his pet monkey.” Per FX, “The series follows the survivors in this new world as they struggle with their efforts to restore what was lost and the opportunity to build something better.”
The 10-episode drama will stream exclusively on Hulu under the “FX on Hulu” banner starting Monday, Sept. 13.
First put into development at FX in 2015, the adaptation received a pilot order in April 2018 and was ordered to series a year later. Barry Keoghan was originally set to star in...
- 8/5/2021
- by Reid Nakamura
- The Wrap
“Y: The Man” is the latest high-profile comic book series heading to television and fans of the post-apocalyptic story won’t have to wait much longer to see its small screen adaptation. FX unveiled the trailer the show’s trailer Thursday morning, which will premiere September 13 via FX on Hulu.
Along with plenty of action, “Y: The Last Man” is expected to explore a number of topical themes. Though the show is named after Yorick Brown (Ben Schnetzer), the only cisgender man to survive an apocalyptic event, FX stated in 2019 that “the new world order of women will explore gender, race, class and survival” in the series.
All episodes of Season 1 will be directed by women and the production has a significant number of female department heads, including both DPs, the production designer, costume designer, casting director, editors, stunt coordinator and more. Louise Friedberg and Eliza Clark serve as director...
Along with plenty of action, “Y: The Last Man” is expected to explore a number of topical themes. Though the show is named after Yorick Brown (Ben Schnetzer), the only cisgender man to survive an apocalyptic event, FX stated in 2019 that “the new world order of women will explore gender, race, class and survival” in the series.
All episodes of Season 1 will be directed by women and the production has a significant number of female department heads, including both DPs, the production designer, costume designer, casting director, editors, stunt coordinator and more. Louise Friedberg and Eliza Clark serve as director...
- 8/5/2021
- by Tyler Hersko
- Indiewire
Timothy Hutton is no longer a part of the cast on FX’s long-gestating “Y: The Last Man,” the network confirmed on Wednesday.
Hutton’s exit comes as several cast members have been swapped now that the show is entering production. Olivia Thirlby has replaced Imogen Poots as Hero Brown, while Ashley Romans takes over the role of Agent 355 from Lashana Lynch.
Originally announced as a regular cast member, Hutton had been hired to play the President of the United States. Now, Paul Gross (“Due South”) has taken over the role, but it’s no longer as a series regular. (UPDATED: Variety has since learned that Hutton was only hired to star in the pilot, and that his character wasn’t expected to continue after that. In the “Y: The Last Man” graphic novel, the President dies early on.)
But Hutton’s departure also comes following a report, posted online in March by BuzzFeed News, that revealed a criminal complaint against the actor that had been filed with the Vancouver Police Department. In the report, Sera Johnston told the site that she was raped and assaulted by both Hutton...
Hutton’s exit comes as several cast members have been swapped now that the show is entering production. Olivia Thirlby has replaced Imogen Poots as Hero Brown, while Ashley Romans takes over the role of Agent 355 from Lashana Lynch.
Originally announced as a regular cast member, Hutton had been hired to play the President of the United States. Now, Paul Gross (“Due South”) has taken over the role, but it’s no longer as a series regular. (UPDATED: Variety has since learned that Hutton was only hired to star in the pilot, and that his character wasn’t expected to continue after that. In the “Y: The Last Man” graphic novel, the President dies early on.)
But Hutton’s departure also comes following a report, posted online in March by BuzzFeed News, that revealed a criminal complaint against the actor that had been filed with the Vancouver Police Department. In the report, Sera Johnston told the site that she was raped and assaulted by both Hutton...
- 10/28/2020
- by Michael Schneider
- Variety Film + TV
Production has started in Toronto on Y: The Last Man, the upcoming Diane Lane-starring FX on Hulu drama series based on the Eisner Award-winning DC Comics series.
There are two new cast changes on the project as Ashley Romans and Olivia Thirlby have joined the series, replacing originally cast Lashana Lynch and Imogen Poots, respectively. Romans will play Agent 355; Thirlby will play Hero Brown. In February, Ben Schnetzer was cast as the male lead Yorick Brown, replacing Barry Keoghan who had exited the projects. Also no longer part of the series is Timothy Hutton, who played the U.S. President in the original pilot. That part is believed to have been reworked as part of many creative changes on the show. Hutton also was replaced on the upcoming Leverage reboot after he faced sexual assault allegations in March.
With new showrunner Eliza Clark, which was brought in after the...
There are two new cast changes on the project as Ashley Romans and Olivia Thirlby have joined the series, replacing originally cast Lashana Lynch and Imogen Poots, respectively. Romans will play Agent 355; Thirlby will play Hero Brown. In February, Ben Schnetzer was cast as the male lead Yorick Brown, replacing Barry Keoghan who had exited the projects. Also no longer part of the series is Timothy Hutton, who played the U.S. President in the original pilot. That part is believed to have been reworked as part of many creative changes on the show. Hutton also was replaced on the upcoming Leverage reboot after he faced sexual assault allegations in March.
With new showrunner Eliza Clark, which was brought in after the...
- 10/28/2020
- by Nellie Andreeva and Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
Fargo wrapped its fourth season yesterday, A Teacher returned to production last month in LA and Atlanta is set to shoot two seasons back to back next year.
These were some of the highlights of FX’s plan to return to production, as laid out by Chairman, FX Networks and FX Productions John Landgraf.
Fargo season four, which stars Chris Rock, was set to premiere in April but had only shot nine of its 11 episodes before the Covid-19 production shutdown. The show, overseen by Noah Hawley, will now premiere on September 27 and the cast and crew completed production in Chicago on Tuesday September 8.
Similarly, A Teacher, the Kate Mara drama based on the 2013 feature film “safely completed four days of pick ups with about 80 cast and crew members”, according to Landgraf. It launches November 10.
Elsewhere, season two of Breeders is in production in the UK and the network is in...
These were some of the highlights of FX’s plan to return to production, as laid out by Chairman, FX Networks and FX Productions John Landgraf.
Fargo season four, which stars Chris Rock, was set to premiere in April but had only shot nine of its 11 episodes before the Covid-19 production shutdown. The show, overseen by Noah Hawley, will now premiere on September 27 and the cast and crew completed production in Chicago on Tuesday September 8.
Similarly, A Teacher, the Kate Mara drama based on the 2013 feature film “safely completed four days of pick ups with about 80 cast and crew members”, according to Landgraf. It launches November 10.
Elsewhere, season two of Breeders is in production in the UK and the network is in...
- 9/9/2020
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
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